HIPAA: 10. Penalties
8 min! Run Time
Employees
only
Provided
What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
HIPAA passed Congress in 1996 to protect the security and confidentiality of patient health information. In 2009, the HITECH Act amended and strengthened it — and established the penalty structure for violations.
What this course covers:
- How the HITECH Act reshaped HIPAA enforcement
- The tiered structure behind HIPAA penalties
- What drives the size of a fine
- Why penalties matter to every covered entity
Useful for managers, supervisors, and staff who want to grasp the real cost of HIPAA noncompliance.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Frequently Asked Questions
The HITECH Act amended and strengthened HIPAA, and with it established the penalty structure organisations face today. The original 1996 law carried far less weight.
Penalties scale according to culpability. An honest mistake and a knowing disregard of the rules sit in different tiers, with correspondingly different consequences.
Largely what the organisation knew and what it did about it. Part ten explains how awareness, intent and corrective action affect where a violation lands.
Primarily organisations, though individual conduct is what usually triggers them. The course explains how personal decisions translate into organisational exposure.
Part nine defines what a breach is. Part ten covers the consequences, which is why the two are best taken together.
